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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23

Avoid the use of calomel for bill
ious complaints. Ayers Cathartic
Pills, entirely vegetable, have been
tested forty years, and are acIlnowl-
edged to be the best remedy for tor,
pidity of the liver, costiveness, and
indigestion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23

When Baby was sick, We gave her csstoriA,
When she WAS Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them CastoriA
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
TRAVELLERS GUIDE,

Trains leave daily, Sundays excepted, for
Brattlehoro and Intermediate stations Mail, g 40
n, M; mixed, IL 80 p, m, Trains arrive from
Bratlehoro and intermediate stations, mixed II :
30 u. NJ; mail Sa5 p, m.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23
8 PEE sExr MONEY.
PNIR 10
GNT Il

EIGHT PER CENT INTEREST for Ave years Sc
cured by first Mortgages on Dakota farms worth
three to ten times the amount of loan, TWELVE
per cent interest occurred by First Mortgages on
personal property worth from three to twelve
times the amount of loan. Interest paid prompt
ly at the home of lender In Vermont. Vermont
references given. Correspondence solicited.
3l7s7 Address, +. y. PARKER, ~
Attorney at Law Glendale, Dakota.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

Post oilice-H, W, Goddard, r. Nj, Mails
close at 0 80 u. M; arrive at and $40 M
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23

ARTIST CHuRCH-Rev. o. 7. Fuller, pas
Tor Services every sabbath at usual hours.
M T.. CHuRCH-Rev. W. ii. Wight, pastor
Ser ccs ut usual hours, every Sabbath.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23

~C Chew "Dominion Navy" Plug
Tobacco-the best in the world.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23

Telegraph offices at depot. Telephone office
ut Smiths Drug Store,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-06-23
III ALL'S
Vegetable Sicilian
HAIR REVIEWER

was the first preparation perfectly adapt
ed to cure diseases of the scalp, and the
first successful restorer Of faded or gray
hair to its natural color, growth, and
youthful beauty. 1t has had many i'm
itators, but none have so fully met all the
requirements needful for the proper treat
ment of the hair and scalp.
HALLS HAIR REVIEWER has steadily
grown in favor, and spread its fame and
usefulness to every quarter of the globe.
Its unparalleled success can be attributed
to but one cause; the entire Jn,fiment Of
its promises.
The proprietors have often been sur
prised at the receipt of orders from re-
mote countries, where they had never
made an effort for its introduction.
The use for short time of HALLS
HAIR REVIEWER wonderfully improves
the personal appearance. 1t cleanses the
scalp from all impurities, cures all hui
mors, fever, and dryness, and thus pre-
vents badness. 1t stimulates the weak
ened glands, and enables them to push
forward new and vigorous growth.
The effects of this article are not tran
silent, like those of alcoholic preparations,
but remain long time, which makes its
use matter of economy.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31
TEUTONIC WISDOM.
Carl Dunder MUSES. and Produces q Num-
Der of Philosophical Thoughts.

Carl Dunder MUSES. and Produces n Num-
Der of Philosophical Thoughts.
Der man who would like to live his
life all oafer again must hat discovered
an easy way to pay debts und sure
way of get along midoudt work.
meier like to be too well acquainted
NIT family. If vhas. each one tells
me of der faults of der others, and i
hat to give 'em all up as badt
Envy vhas mean spirit but if my
neighbours cabbages vhas bigger ash
mine it vhas natural dot 1 vhas gladt
If his baby vhas cross-eyed.
Human nature vhas shust der same
now as when der first dozen peoples
vhas on earth. Der only difference
vhas dot we hat better shance to
work off our lead nickels und escape
our debts.
When hear of a man who vhas al
ways in hardt luck 1 60 aroundt by his
house der next warm day und find he
vhas ashleep on der doorstep While der
pigs vhas IN his garden.
1t has always struck me dot der man
who wrote out der Golden Rule wouldn't
take kick from any body any sooner
dan as peoples who find it so hardt to
obey its teachings.
Dere vhas plenty of men who Will
try forty ways to pring oop colt, but
only one vhay to pring oop boy.
Marriage, in most cases, vhas a
leedle love, some shtore-clothes dash
of music, few dollars in cash und
long time in getting der knot united.
Eaferypody vhas told to beware of
der person who fatters, but eaferypody
vhas anxious to meet him ind get
some of his tafy. Ipelief dot fiattery
vhas der grease dot makes der world
turn 'roundt-
We should all be gladt if our friends
would reform in this or that particular,
while we go to bedt perfectly satisfied
dot our own armor vhas shot-proof.
One of der feelings dot makes US feel
gocdt vhas to find oudt dot we doan'
hat any money in der pank which vhas
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31
A HINDOO TEMPLE.
Graphic Description of the Services Held
within its Sacred Precincts.


Within its Sacred Precincts.
This is the temple which is coiiimonly
called the monkey temple on account OF
the large number ofmonkeys, all living
gods and goddesses, which were for
merly there in great numbers. Some
time before our visit, great many OF
these monkeys had been sent away into
the jungle, because they were really
becoming dangerous in the neighbour
hood. swarming upon private houses
around, thieving, and in some cases in
juring the little children. As we en-
tered the sacred Enclosure, we were
asked to take from plates some grain
to feed the monkeys which were still
there, and this feeding of the monkeys
is considered by the people to be a
most n1eritorious act. Before en-
tering the inner inclosure of tho
temple there is building
to be seen, called the Nau bat-khana,
in which large kettledrum is beaten
three times a day. There are two
small temples beyond this, and be-
tween these, two stone pillars, one OF
which is used rs an altar for sacrifices.
Here we saw a goat offered up. 1t
was first taken to the priest and COW
cred with oil, and then brought out,
all unconscious as to its fate. Its head
was bound to a wooden post, and while
one man held it by its hind legs, an
other with one stroke of an axe sepa-
rated the head from the body. The
head was then laid on the altar, while
the body was taken to the priests. In
the interior of the temple is a small
shrine where sits, in all her hideous-
ness, the goddess. She is covered with
tinseled cloth and it is said that the
priest keeps several masks on hand,
which he puts at will on the head OF
the image; some are of brass, some OF
silver, etc, 1t is decorated with
garlands and chains of gold, a
small lamp is kept burning on
the shrine and silver bath
sunk into the ground. While we were
watching the priest, as he offered his
flowers and tinkled his little bell, an
old pilgrim from Lucknow came up
and asked aims of him. The mercilesS
man answered him that it was rather
his business to give aims to the temple
than to ask it there, and advised him to
be contented now that he had reached
Benares, for the best thing for him now
was to die in the sacred city. The pool
fellow seemed very hungry, and
offered him a little biscuit had with
me, but l soon found that had made
a mistake, for the priest frowned on
me, took the biscuit from the old man,
and brought water, which he poured
over his hands to wash away the pollu
ton which had reached them with con
tact with my biscuit - Sunday Mag
|
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31
ORIGIN OF GEOMETRY.
It's Fundamental Principles Said to Have
Been Discovered by the Egyptians.

Its Fundamental Principles Said to Have
Been Discovered by the Egyptians.
The origin of this science is ascTibed to
the Egyptians, who, having their land
marks annually washed away by inun-
dations, in efforts to devise q plan for
readily restoring them, discovered the
principles of geometry. From them
Thales, of Miletus, one of the "seven
wise men" of Greece, is said to have
learned the elements of the science. He
introduced it into Greece about six hun
bred B. c. Pythagoras, half a century
later, having also learned the science
of the Egyptians, enriched it by the
proposition which still bears his name.
to-wit, that the square described
on the hypotheneuse of right
angled triangle is equal to the sum of
the squares on the other two sides.
Plato, about390 B. c., invented the study
of comic sections, and through these and
the use of the analytic method of DEM
onstration, he made great advances in
the science. The elements of geometry
were compiled by Euclid, 2S0 B. c.
This author introduced a device of
reasoning that has been found very
useful, where neither direct proof (the
Synthetic method) or the analytic
method could be readily used; it con-
sists in proving the truth of PROPOSE
ton by assuming it contrary as truth
and showing that this implies logical
absurdity. Apollonius was geometer
who lived about 230 B. c., and whose
work in the science has not been sur
passed by the most brilliant achieve
ments of others since. Archimedes,
a contemporary of Apollonius.
first inscribed polygons in circles.
Hipparchus, in the second century be-
fore Christ and Pto'emy in the second
century after Christ, applied mathe-
MATES to astronomy. From about $50
to 1000 A. D., during the darkness of
the Middle Ages, the science made no
advance and was little studied.
Vieta, who lived from 1910 to 1908. re-
vived the ancient geometry. TIE
demonstrations of Kepler, Roberval
and Pascal in the seventeenth century
greatly stimulated geometrical investi-
CATION. But to Descartes, who published
a volume of geometrical problems in
1857. the world owes chiefly the irven-
ton of analytic or modern geometry.
Newton discovered the differential cal
culus in 1865. In 1899 the first desciip-
tive geometry was published in Paris
BY Prof. Monge. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31
FULL or FUN.

An Eno,isb gan; bier said that .
friends servant lost her life " u
the kitchen fire according to hoiL
"A man having bought thousand
Havana cigars was asked what he was
carving. Tickets to a course Oh
lectures to be given BY my wife" ne
replied.
-Grace-O dear, how awkwards
I've forgotten my handkerchief, Jack
Jack-Well. Grace, you may have
mine. If you only promise me kiss Tor
for blow.
A new volume Just issued Is enti-
tied The Anatomy of Money" We
trust an entire chapter is devoted to
the vocal organs 90 show how ana why
it Is that money talks sud what II says
philadelphia Press.
She was heartless coquette' on.
cast aside the loving notes of youthIn
admirers with the remark: Il wah'
something more than these. They are
only boys signs"
| This is one of the silent watches
of the night" remarked Fangle, as he
looked at his time-piece on rising this
morning, and found that it had stopped
at i. o. m.-Pitts6urgh Chronicle.
A char Of domestic economy has
been establish I'd at a Western college
for the benefit of he female students
WEN WAGER the char is rocker.
large enough for two. an, mas nleo
stuffed back.-Rochester Post cypress
| Poor letter The Duchess
Yes. skatin' would be charmin' II IL
wern't for the freezin' stoppln the
huntin'. Lord Charles-Yes, and am |
sleighin' toppin' fun except for TIE
snowin' spoilin' the skatin'?-P1r'cA
He came too soOn.-
Oh. softly the lover did lutte on his lutte,
Meath the pale, gentle light OF the moon
But he swiftly turned and began 20 scoot'
When he noticed the dangerous, large-siEed
| boot
OF the man who came too soon.
Alas, too soon
Mrs. H.-Great heavens, Cranston!
DoSS't deny it; / saw you kiss her? Mr.. II.
(stiA,v,-You are mistaken. She kissed
me- Mrs. H.&But why did yot let herr
Mr. HI couldn't be rude to a lady.
Mrs. H.-But why did c6e want to KISS
youp Mr.. HI can't im.sglne- lou
ought to KNOWN Y Post
Mrs. Purkset-Please, sir, l wahi
one o. them thum-um-things, ye,
know, sir, as Regulates the eat OF a
room. st-Thermometer. you
mean, ma am, 1 suppose. Mrs Purk-
set (eagerly)-Yes, sir. that's it, sir.
And if you'll be so kind, sir. to set IL
to "sixty-five, cause that's what the
doctor says I'm to keep the room at
Punch.
"A little girl who made frequent
use of the word guess" was corrected
for it and told to say presume In
stead. A lady friend. noticing the nd
mirable set of the little girls apron
asked something in regard to the pat
tern. Mamma don't cut my dresses
and aprons by a pattern" said the
, small lady. She just looks at me an
, presun1esr ~
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PROTECTIVE COLORlNG.
Tho Uniformity of Dress Observable In All
Arctic Animals.

Arctic Animals.
Wherever all the world around is re-
markably uniform in color and appear
ance, all the animals, birds and insects
alike necessarily disguise themselves in
its prevailing tint to escape observa-
ton. 1t does not matter IN the least
whether they are predatory or defense
less. the hunters or the hunted; if they
are to escape destruction or starvation
as the case may be, they must assume
the hue of all the rest of nature about
them. In the Arctic SHOWS, for exam
pie, all animals, without exception.
must needs be snOw-white. The polar
bear, If he were brown or black, would
Immediately be observed among the
UNMARRIED ice-fields by his expected
prev, and could never get a chance OF
approaching his quarry unperceiyed at
close quarters. On the other hand. the
Arctic hare must equally be dressed
in a snow-white coat, or the Arctic fox
would too readily discover him and
pounce down upon him off-hand; while,
conversely, the fox himself, if red or
brown, could never creep upon the I'M
wary hare without previous detection,
which would defeat his purpose. For
this reason the ptarmigsn and the will
low grouse become as white IN winter
as the vast snow-fields under which
theyaburrow; the ermine changes ms
dusky summer coat for the expensive
wintry suit beloved of British Themis;
he snow-bunting acquires his milk
white plumage; and even the weasal
assimilates himself more or less in hue
to the unvarying garb Of Arctic nature.
To be out of the fashion is there quite
literally to be out of the world; NO
half-measures will suit the stern degree
of polar biology; strict compliance with
the law of winter change is absolutely
necessary to success in the struggle for
existence.
Now, how has this curious Uniform
ity of dress in arctic animals been
brought about3 Why, simply by that
unyielding principle of nature which
condemns the less adapted forever to
extinction, and exalts the better adapt
ed to the places of her hierarchy in
their stead. The ptarmigan and the
snow-buntings that look most like the
snow have Tor ages been least likely to
attract the unfavorable attention Of
Arctic fox or providing ermine; the fox
or ermine that came most silently and
most unperceived across the shifting
drifts has been most likely to steal un-
awares upon the needless focks Of ptar-
migan and snow-bunting. In the ono
case protective coloring preserves the
animal from himself being devoured; IN
the other case it enables him the NOR
easily to devour others.-CorahiH MAJ
0ziaa
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31
SHOPPING IN CAIRO.
The Pleasure which Orientals Take In Buy
ing and Selling Merchandise.


ing and Selling Merchandise.
An Egyptian peasant when asked
the price of any thing he has for sale,
will say: Receive it as a present J"
Customs change not in the East. and
thus, hundreds of years ago, Ephron
answered Abraham, when he expressed
a wish to purchase the field and cave
of Macpelah- The answer is COM
mon form of speech, and the peasant
knows no advantage will be taken of
it. When he is again asked to name
price, he gives one, which is generally
exorbitant. If the would-be buyer
is also peasant, then the two begin to
contest, so vehement in tone and gest-
ure that a stranger, ignorant of their
Language, would think they were quar-
reling.
A rural Yankee delights in horse
trade, not merely because it may bring
him better horse, but for the pleasure
which the trade affords him. An
Oriental merchant and his customer
find similar pleasure in buying and
selling. The process may be long, but
it is never tiresome to them. When a
shop-keeper of Cairo is asked the price
of an article, he asks more than he ex-
poets to receive. The customer de-
clares the price exorbitant and offers
one-half the sum named, which the
merchant declines to accept The Gus
toner then takes off his shoes, and,
mounting upon the raised seat, seats
himself beside the merchant, fills and
lights his pipe Then the contest
begins. The shop-keeper lowers his
demand, and the customer bids little
higher. Sometimes the customer inter-
rupts the contest by introducing an ir-
revelant topic. as if he had determined
to bid no higher. But the haggling is
soon resumed, and continues until the
two meet halfway between the sum
first demanded and that first offered.
If the purchase is a large one, the
merchant calls to the boy of the nearest
coffee-shop and orders him to bring
coffee. 1t is served to the customer in
a small china cup placed within cup
of brass. As soon as the customer has
depa: ted, his servant reminds the mer-
chant of his presence, and receives
small sum of money.-Youth's Com
pdntou. 70
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busted. It vhas a goodt argument d1s

busted. 1t vhas a goodt argument dS
we shouldn't try to save money.
Der man who takes two seats in der
car doan' do so because he yhas selfish
but because he pellets he vhas twins.
1 goes NIT a graveyard sometimes.
und vhas walking aroundt half a day
und doan' find where one single badt
person was buried. ALI vhas 50 good
dot dey go right to Heafen. like to
know where der place vhas in which
all der badt folks vhas planted.
May pc it vhas all right for some
men to pellet dey own der earth. 1t
vhas shenerally der case dot der man
who pellets in himself is believed in by
nobody else.
It vhas all right to forgif your enc.
mics, but If you can lick 'em first il
comes easier und Will last longer
Detroit Free Press.
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Satisfactory Explanation.

Customer must say don't like
this milk.
Milkman-Why. what's the matter
with it?
Just look at it. Don't you see that
it is blue?"
"Well, yes; it is little darker than
usual"
What is the cause of it?"
81 think can explain it )"
I'D be glad to hear it,
You see, we weaneG the calf few
days ago. and probably the old cow
feels little blue about it. That's the
only way / can account for It. Tezas
Sittings.
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MAKING CALLS.

Il hope she's out; the tiresome thingD
Miss Jones at home to-day!
S.Nof Tn so sorry she's not in;
Give her my love, pray,
'And here's my card; and ask her, please,
To call and see ME soon;
I'm sorry not to find her in,
This lovely afternoon"
Good .uck for onceD lido declare,
There goes the Widow Burr;
I'll just drop up and leave my card
And wash my hands OF her;
And here to number ''forty-six'
Have moved those queer McKnlghts,
Their pew is right across from ours;
, Their children look like rights.
But pastor said ought to call
As ifrd time to waste,
Or strength to spend on any one
Who shows such horrid taste!
That's all he knows! I'll gently ring,
: Hope they will not hear,
AM il they don't, I'm very sure
ny conscience will be clear.
IT'S just my luckl AS true's live
] She's coming 70 the door!
''Mrs. Mcknight, how do you dor
: Imeaat 70 call before!
Your lovely children, are they homo,
; And are they well to-dayf
II quite refreshes me to see
, Your pew across the way
81 hope you'll call''-Q hope she won't
From such a shabby room;
She's not our set, that's very plain.)
II must be going soon;
,, I've had very lovely call'
Chat last was all a lie)
''Mrs. Mcknight; good afternoon
/ You little dear; good-bye"
I'd like to shake that horrid child;
wish he'd not been born!
He crowded up so close to me
I He slept upon my corn!
. I'd like to shake such stupid folks
Why didn't she tell the news?
/. Such calls as these would drive me mad,
: Or kill me with the bluesI
Twelve calls I've made, and home at last
Too tired TO speak word;
Those hateful women talked so fast
could not once be heard;
! I'd be fly upon the wall,
Or any thing that craWls,
Before I'd be woman,
Forever making callsi
Mrs.. Sarah Dew Ganl,CelI, IN Good RoW
, keeping.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31

A young woman Norfolk, Va,
who was becoming blind from cat
aract took the the advice of an old
negro woman, put a drop of molasses
in each eye every day, and was COM
pletely cured. So says the Norfolk
Land mark.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31

Prof. Humphreys investigation of
the physical condition and habits Of
centenarians shows that out of fifteen
males seven smoked much, one smoked
a little and seven did not smoke at all
Among twenty-eight females, -four
smoked much, one little, one moder-
ately and twenty-five none at all; two
used snuf.-Bostoas Budget.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31

Chang Jen Hoon, the Chinese Mi
lister at Washington, wears blue ST
oyer.a petticoat of white brocade, al
sports big diamond in button on ]
black cap.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31

A cafe concert singer, who has
caught cold, asks his doctor if it is true
that fresh eggs clear the voice and
favor the production of sound. Il am
of that opinion" replied Esculapius
with imperturbable serenity. Look
at the hens themselves; whenever thf-
lay an egg they Immediately begiE
sinp.'- French Fun
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31

Experiments by throwing eorks in
the currents of the North Atlantic
made by Admiral Grye indicate daily
rate of motion of from two to six miles.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-31

: Sitting on ice" is a theatriI
phrase for house that does not (
plaud.